Assessment Status Notes

Taxonomic notes

Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?

Species grows on strongly decayed wood (decidous) in old growth forests, virgin forests and in forests with “natural” forest succession, in humid microclimate. Recognizable (in macro and micro): The species is quite large and recognizable asco,in macro (FB: outside is densly punctate), but also microscopically (parafyses are lanceolate, with acute apex).

Very recent study in Europe (Betak et al. 2012), has revealed that the species is very rare in Europe with 17 known localities.

Geographic range

17 localities known in Europe. Of those, two localities in Finland (Muurame and Sipoo).